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RFC 1812 - 5.3.13 IP Options

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### 5.3.13 IP Options

Several options, such as Record Route and Timestamp, contain slots into which a router inserts its address when forwarding the packet. However, each such option has a finite number of slots, and therefore a router may find that there is not free slot into which it can insert its address. No requirement listed below should be construed as requiring a router to insert its address into an option that has no remaining slot to insert it into. Section [5.2.5] discusses how a router must choose which of its addresses to insert into an option.

5.3.13.1 Unrecognized Options
5.3.13.2 Security Option
5.3.13.3 Stream Identifier Option
5.3.13.4 Source Route Options
5.3.13.5 Record Route Option
5.3.13.6 Timestamp Option

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RFC 1812 - 5.3.13 IP Options